During my morning stroll with the camera, I walked behind the big RV to check stuff out on that side. Lo and behold, a cactus wren was perched just above the back wall on one of the cholla there. I got this photo before it flew away. It and another (several 3-4?) were tending to both cactus wren nests they have established there.
I continued my walk over the usual places I go in the mornings and when I looked back toward the cholla, a couple of wrens were on the top nest with strings and feathers, ostensibly to embellish the nests for the coming spring. Yes, that is dental floss being used for some of the nest material. We recycle ours in the backyard explicitly for this sort of purpose.
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